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First Congregational Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The First Congregational Church, currently known as the Richmond Center for the Performing Arts, is a church building located at 69619 Parker in Richmond, Michigan, and is the oldest public building in the city. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975.”

Wikipedia article First Congregational Church (Richmond, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Macomb County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 69619 Parker, Richmond, 48062
  • When was it listed? December 1975
  • Category. building
  • City. Richmond city
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 75000954 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of First Congregational Church between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHMOND FD 0000111 - 2019
6 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000162 - 2019
25 March 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesRICHMOND FD 0000103 - 2019
23 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLENOX TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000128 - 2020

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of First Congregational Church: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boss Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Katz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this property

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2013Thunderstorm WindRichmond$2,000Scattered trees and powerlines reported down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRichmond$1,000A second storm downed large tree limbs.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRichmond-An 8 inch diameter tree limb was reported down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Multiple power lines reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Numerous trees downed across Richmond.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Several trees and power lines reported down, as well as damage to a roof overhang on a building.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Trees were reported blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRichmond-A trained spotter reported numerous tree branches 6 inches in diameter down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindRichmond-A trained spotter reported large tree branches down.
July 2005LightningRichmond-Lightning struck a communications tower at the Richmond/Lenox EMS building on 32 Mile Road, knocking out the phone system.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRichmond-Wind damage to the roof of a car dealership.
August 2003HailRichmond-no account filed
July 2003HailRichmond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000954 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Macomb CountyAll 15 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.